Washing-machine



C. CHAPMAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. Io. I9I8.

1,312,831. PanIedAug. 12,1919.

l I' J l l I` l III I 3% i CLIDA CHAPMAN, OF GHERRYVALE, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 12, 1919.

Applcatioii filed January 10, 1918. Serial No. 211,161.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIDA CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cherryvale, in the State of Kansas, have invented a new anduseful lVashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved washing machine. y

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, efficientand practical machine of this kind in which is used an effi-V cient andpractical agitator.

A further object of the invention is. to provide an improved, simple andpractical agitator, and 'movable agitating fingers or projectionstherefor. A

A further object of the invention 1s to provide an improved supportingstand for the receptacle.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side'elevation of the improvedwashing machine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same. j

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the body part of theagitator, showing the mounting of the agitating fingers.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a clothes andsuds receiving receptacle, which is constructed from a piece ofcorrugated sheet metal. The sheet metal is bent whereby the corrugations2 may eX- tend perpendicularly of the sides of the receptacle. Thecorru'gations 3 of the bottom of the receptacle extend from one side ofthe receptacle to the opposite side, as shown clearly in the plan viewof Fig. 3. This sheet metal of the receptacle may be galvanized, andsecured to and projecting inwardly from the upper marginal edge of thereceptacle is a flange 4, the screws 5 acting to hold the same in place.A suitable closure 6 fits into the opening 7 and has a marginal fiange Sthe vclosure 6, there being collars 16 'riveted to the shaft `14 aboveand below the closure to,prevent'verticallaxial vmovement of said shaft.The upper end of' the'shaft'has secured thereto by means of .the screw1.7. a handle 18, bythe oscillation ofwhich,` y'the yvertical shaft 14may be rocked. Thelower end of the shaft is provided with an extension20, which is rectangular in cross section, and the extremity of theextension terminates in a reduced cylindrical part 21. An agitator isprovided on the shaft 14. For instance the body of the agitator ismounted upon the extension 20, and consists of the sections 23, 24 and25. The sections 22 and v23, (which are constructed of wood) are securedtogether by the wood screws 26. The adjacent faces of the sections 22and 23 are provided with semi-spherical cavities 27, which whenthesections 22 and 23 are secured together, form spherical bearings forthe spherical enlargements 28 of the agitating fingers 29, which extendradially from the body of the agitator. The sections 22 and 23 havetheir adjacent faces where the ngers 29 project from therebetween,provided with tapered openings 30, so that when a rocking movement isimparted to the body of the agitator, said agitating fingers are allowedto move independently of the body and independently of each other, so asto more effectively insure a crushing and scrubbing action on theclothes, as the agitating fingers cooperate with the corrugations of thesides, to remove the dirt from the clothes. It is to be observed thatthe section 25 of the body is mounted to movably rock on the reducedcylindrical part 21 of said extension 20. In other words the section 25is mounted, whereby the sections 23 and 24 as one body may moveindependently of the section 25. A washer 31 and a nut 32 which isthreaded on a reduced part of the portion 21, hold the section 25 of theagitator in place. Agitating fingers 33 are carried by the section 25..These fingers 33 extend downwardly and radially from the section 25, andact to coperate with the corrugations of the bottom of the receptacle l,to assist in removing the dirt from the clothes. The section 25 has asegmental slot 84, and a pin 35 carried by and projecting from thesection extends into the slot 34, so as to cooperate with the oppositeends of said slot and limit the sections 23 and 2i in their rockingmovements together with relation to and independently of the section 25,and the agitator is operated to remove the dirt from the clothes.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isAn agitator for a washing machine comprising a shaft, a body member atthe lower end thereof, said body member comprising two sections havingsemi-spherical recesses therein forming spherical bearings havingtapering openings extending radially there- Vfrom and in a horizontalplane, each section having a square aperture, said apertures beingadapted to be received by the squared end of the lower end of the shaft,said apertures When registered with each other will cause theregistration of the semi-spherical recesses and tapering openings of thesections, agitator fingers provided with spherical enlargements, saidenlargements being disposed in the spherical bearings formed by thesemi-spherical recesses and extending radially` from said body memberand means passing through the sections for securely securing themtogether.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLIDA CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

GLADYS JANE LoMAX, SAMUEL H. SANDIFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

